Something I've Been Working On... (Boombox related!

[Gluecifer]

I've been working on getting a MAME cabinet organised, ended up buying one in it's all together and then ripping out the bits I didn't like and replacing them with higher performance stuff. For the sound I actually used a boombox. I took apart a National RX-C34 and mounted her up on a board which now sits on the left inside wall of the cabinet doing all the sound duties. And BOY does it POUND! Being a heavy, solid wood cabinet has essentially turned it into a powered subwoofer, so those little speakers THUNDER along. It's quite remarkable!

Here's the RX before insertion:

With how it's mounted I can easily access the volume and EQ via the door on the back of the machine.

And here's the actual cabinet, I made a video about it on my new iPad using iMovie as a bit of an experiment to see what it's capable of. I ended up very pleased with the results. Hope you enjoy it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwYLF8BdMM0



Rock On.

 

[AZA]

Cool idea Rick, i should do the same with mine !
Those crappy little computer speakers just dont cut it.
Nice job

 

[Mrs. Fatdog]

Wicked awesome dude! I LOVED all those games......Street Fighter, Mortal Combat. Ah the good ol days. Can I come over to your house and play?

 

[blu_fuz]

Holy cow Rick, that's cool!


How many games are loaded in that?

 

[Fatdog]

Geezum crow!! I've played games using MAME on my computer, but having a dedicated arcade station is just friggin' amazing!

 

[THAFUZZ]

Fantastic!!!!!!!! I spy a red boombox at 5 mins into it. How many games total? I grew up on Galaga, Timepilot, Centipede, PacMan, Frogger, Asteroids,Missle command,.....

 

[Sazeus]

Genius, good work man.

 

nice work rick

 

[lazanas]

AMAZING!!

 

[Brutus442]

Put a boombox on top and a stack of quarters beside while I play and you've pretty much summed up my 80's experience...great job!!!!!

 

[stormsven]

Great idea and work

 

[fresh produce]

Nice love the arcades which games do you play

 

[mellymelsr]

Love the 80's video games...Dig Dug, Galaga and Street Fighter are still my favorites...

 

[Mrs. Fatdog]

Love the 80's video games...Dig Dug, Galaga and Street Fighter are still my favorites...

Just an FYI....I would've kicked your arse playing Chun-Li.

 

[Gluecifer]

Thanks rockers!

There's about 3000 titles on there.

Some of my favourites are Space Invaders, Galaga, Aliens Vs Predtaor, Jungle King, Guwange, Space Harrier, Qix, amongst others and pretty much every Neo Geo title.I had a Neo Geo home system in the early 90s and it has some of my most favourite games ever: Magician Lord, 2020 Super Baseball,
Nam'75, Sengoku, Samurai Shodown, Burning Fight, so many absolute killers.



Rock On.

 

[shane higgins]

Love the 80's video games...Dig Dug, Galaga and Street Fighter are still my favorites...

Dig dug f.. K me how old are we people
Shiat i forgot how to play its so funny i thought i was good
At dig dug
Not anymore
Im to slow